So I'm going to setup the Glenaire camper trailer, so let's go & have a look.
When opening up the camper make sure your handbrake is on, stabiliser legs are down
& the cargo rack is raised if you have one installed.
Release the front winch & unwind about 5 meters of the strap.
Walk the strap over to the back of the camper, make sure you do not have any
twists in the strap at this point.
Attach the strap hook to the loop on the lid.
Now you can unlatch the main lid latches on both sides.
You may need to hold down on the lid to release this last latch
as it will be under a lot of pressure from the gas struts.
Now go to the front winch & begin to wind the camper open.
This is where it's important to not have any twists in the strap
as they can get crushed in the winch.
Go slow here & take your time so everything can move as it needs to.
Next, we are lowering the rear winch, remove the locking pin & pull back on the winch
align it with one of the lower setting positions & re-lock into place with the locking pin.
This can be a very tight fit so you may need to move the winch a little to align it correctly.
Unwind about 3 to 4 meters of the winch strap from the rear winch.
This is the tricky part, we need to attach this to the lid of the rear bed
so we toss the strap up onto the bed.
Lower the cabin door, fold out the steps & climb into the cabin
to help reach the rear lid loop.
Attach the strap hook to the loop on the rear lid & go back to the rear winch.
Slowly start to wind the lid open.
This part is very important, you will reach a point where the lid will stop raising.
The angle of the lid & the winch strap means it is pushing back into the camper & not raising.
If you keep trying to winch the lid you could break your winch.
When you reach this point you must go to the step & push the lid up past this point by hand.
Then you can continue using the winch to open the rear lid.
Be careful when the lid reached the tipping point that you can duck out of the way when it comes down.
When we un-clamp the bed support poles & lock them into the brace point near the tailgate,
you may need to pull down on the bed to help align them.
Move to the front bed & undo the securing strap & toss the strap out of the way.
Pull the front U-pole up, this is on gas struts & should hold itself upright.
Pull the corner canvas over the lid corner & secure the Velcro underneath
on both sides of the bed.
Then go back tot he rear bed & repeat the steps.
Undo the strap, toss it out of the way,
raise the U-poles & secure the Velcro on each corner.
Now we move inside the camper & raise the U-poles, starting at the front bed end.
Undo the camlocks, extend the poles & re-lock into place.
Once you have raised the first three U-poles, it is time to raise the centre roof one.
Again, we extend the U-poles & lock these into place
but then we need to raise it by using the support poles.
Start by pushing the black foot end of the pole against the bed support point to hold it steady.
Then connect the C-clamp to the U-pole & support it as you extend the support pole to raise the U-pole.
Next we push back the U-pole at the back of the lounge space.
Do up the three black securing straps,
then raise & lock into place.
Then repeat one more time for the last U-pole over the rear bed.
Now we are going to place our spreader poles in position between our U-poles,
starting with the front bed. When placing these,
make sure that the camlocks are facing down so you can lock them once tensioned.
Starting at the front, place the spreader poles along the roof line
in accordance with your pole plan & extend them all to tension the canvas.
If the canvas seems saggy in some places zip down all the windows & doors
then re-tension the poles as required. The first few times you use the poles
the white C-clamps can be very stiff so you may need to give them a good push
to clip them onto the U-pole.
So let's have a look at the pole placement & what the Glenaire looks like open.
It is a large trailer & it was hard for us to show you what it was like
to setup while we were in it & doing it so I thought it would be a good idea
to come through here & show you once it's completed & explain to you
each step of what I did. So when I first come in the trailer
I come over to this main bed here & I lifted this pole up here
the head of the bed pole & I lifted that up, I hadn't put in any roofline spacers
yet I did that at the end. So then after I'd done that
I come in here & I pushed those out & clamped them & then I went to this middle
bar here & I raised that up & I clamped it, at this point, this pole here
is hanging down so I'm behind the pole here, this one & I'm lifting it up.
& lifting it up & I'm lifting it forward, while I'm lifting it forward & I'm holding it up
& mind you it was only somewhere here, it wasn't the whole way up
I then grabbed this extension bar here, put it in the foot support & I held up
just held that middle roof peak with those support bars, then most of this was done.
I was able to move around the cabin & get into anymore extending that I wanted to do.
After I'd come through here we're on the home stretch,
then I crawled over onto this part of the bed & I extended up this pole
& then I extended up this pole, pushed those out
& then I lifted the main on over the rear bed.
After I'd done that I did a little bit of pole adjustment
& then I come through & put in my roof spacers.
Outside the camper make sure the Velcro on the front bed corner is done up on both sides
& we tuck away the strap from earlier.
Next, we do up the Velcro tab around the gas strut
& use the magnets to attach the canvas skirt strip around the door.
Running along the camper edge is a strip of Velcro that we use to attach the annex skirt.
At the rear bed we need to attach the canvas to the camper body
to do this, slide it over the gas strut & use the press studs to clip it on.
Make sure to do both sides.
Running along the edge of the rear bed is more Velcro where the annex skirt continues.
You've now finished setting up your Glenaire, go out & enjoy it with your beautiful family!